Table 1.
Cellular dimensions and passive resistive and capacitive parameters of the modeled CMCs and MFBs.
Parameter | Definition | Value | References | ||
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CMC | CMC-sized MFB | Large MFB | |||
MEASURED PARAMETER | |||||
L | Cell length | 0.0060 cm | 0.0060 cm | 0.0120 cm | Rohr et al., 1991 |
W | Cell width | 0.0020 cm | 0.0020 cm | 0.0040 cm | Rohr et al., 1991 |
T | Cell thickness | 0.0003 cm | 0.0003 cm | 0.0003 cm | |
ρcyto | Cytoplasmic resistivity | 124 Ω cm | 124 Ω cm | 124 Ω cm | Prudat and Kucera, 2014 |
Cm | Specific membrane capacitance | 1 μF/cm2 | 1 μF/cm2 | 1 μF/cm2 | |
CMC-CMC | CMC-MFB | MFB-MFB | |||
γ | Intercellular conductivity | 77.4 nS/μm | 15.5 nS/μm | 15.5 nS/μm | Fitted |
DERIVED PARAMETER | |||||
ρ | Intercellular resistivity (1/γ) | 1351 Ω cm | 6755 Ω cm | 6755 Ω cm | |
ρcyto, z | Cytoplasmic resistivity in the z direction | T·ρcyto | 37.2·10−3Ωcm2 | 37.2·10−3Ωcm2 | |
rcyto, z | Cytoplasmic resistance per discrete element in the z direction | 0.595 MΩ | 0.595 MΩ | ||
ρgap, z | Gap junctional resistivity in the z direction | 21.2 GΩ cm2 | 106.1 GΩ cm2 | ||
rgap, z | Gap junctional resistance per discrete element in the z-direction | 0.339 GΩ | 1.698 GΩ | ||
CMC-CMC | CMC-MFB | MFB-MFB | |||
gz | Conductance per discrete element in the z-direction | 2.94 nS | 0.59 nS | 0.59 nS |